Matthew 5:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden,

Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

The lifestyle of good people is like sunlight at dawn that keeps getting brighter until broad daylight.

Ezekiel 5:5

I am the LORD God, and I have made Jerusalem the most important place in the world, and all other nations admire it.

John 12:36

Have faith in the light while it is with you, and you will be children of the light.” After Jesus had said these things, he left and went into hiding.

John 5:35

John was a lamp that gave a lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.

John 8:12

Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.”

John 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”

2 Corinthians 6:14

Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same?

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything that they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark.

Revelation 1:20

I will explain the mystery of the seven stars that you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:5

Think about where you have fallen from, and then turn back and do as you did at first. If you don't turn back, I will come and take away your lampstand.